OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Workspace Agents: From Chat Tool to Workflow Engine Source: OpenAI Key Points: OpenAI officially launches Workspace Agents, expanding ChatGPT from a conversational interface to a multi-step workflow engine Agents can persistently run within ChatGPT, executing cross-application task orchestration Supports file processing, data queries, API calls, and complex operation chains Marks ChatGPT’s transition from “Q&A tool” to “work platform” Peon’s Take: OpenAI finally liberated ChatGPT from the chat box. Workspace Agents essentially give agents their own “workbench” instead of resetting state after every conversation. Anthropic has already walked this path with Claude Projects, but OpenAI’s user base is much larger. Once Workspace Agents nail enterprise workflows, ChatGPT stops being a toy. The big question remains reliability — can OpenAI solve the “agent goes off the rails mid-task” problem? That’s what determines whether this feature actually lands.